Nitrex Metal, Montreal, has successfully installed and commissioned an NX-1230 potential-controlled Nitreg nitriding system for processing automotive springs for a customer in Korea.
Continue readingAir Products to introduce intelligent atmosphere analyzers at Heat Treat 2017
Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., will introduce its Intelligent Atmosphere Analyzers, enabled by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), at Heat Treat 2017 in Columbus, Ohio, from October 24-26.
Continue readingLindberg MPH ships tube heat-treating furnace for research and development
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a 2190°F hinged three-zone furnace to an R&D lab for heat treating process tubes and retorts made of ceramic, quartz, or metal alloys.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships heavy duty walk-in ovens to Chinese auto parts maker
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two natural-gas direct-fired heavy-duty walk-in series ovens to a manufacturer of automotive parts in China.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Fluidized Bed Powder Feeders
In fluidized-bed powder feeders, a bed of powder is continuously agitated by a fluidizing gas, in this case the carrier gas.
Continue readingNASA rocket engine igniter made of Inconel and copper by hybrid 3D laser printing
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that its engineers have tested the first 3D printed rocket engine igniter made of Inconel and a copper alloy.
Continue readingAmerica Makes and ANSI collaborate to update standards for additive manufacturing
America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Washington, have launched Phase 2 of the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) to update its standardization roadmap for additive manufacturing.
Continue readingHigh-impact research to be revealed at Heat Treat 2017
More than 125 presentations of original, unpublished work will be delivered when the ASM Heat Treating Society convenes for its 29th conference and exhibition in Columbus, Ohio, October 24-26. The information exchanged in these sessions – as researchers and practitioners share their latest discoveries, theories, and advancements – will have a significant impact on design and manufacturing innovation as well as the fortunes of industry.
Continue readingGKN develops case hardening steel powder for 3D printing high-strength parts
GKN plc, Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced 20MnCr5, a new case hardening steel powder optimized for metal additive manufacturing applications.
Continue readingNanoAl Superalloys to present six papers about its aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017
NanoAl Superalloys, Skokie, Ill., announces that its engineers will present six papers about its high-strength aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017 in Pittsburgh in October, some in conjunction with engineers from universities and other companies.
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